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Is there sound in the living story cutscenes?
Hey Teraphas! There is definitely sound accompanying all of our cinematics. Which ones in particular are you not hearing anything for?
Not the OP, but for me there was no sound during the very important Fort Salma cutscene. I do have music muted…might that be why?
I have not had sound in any cinematic sequence since around the second halloween.
In particular i can say for sure there was nothing for mordramoth’s awakening nor the sequence when you use the omadd’s machine.
including my sound settings
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(edited by Teraphas.6210)
I have the problem too… or should I say a similar problem – having “some” sound but VERY quiet. It’s like this for every cutscene, but not in other parts of the game.
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Teraphas, take a look at this post here. It sounds like you may be experiencing the same issue.
Marcus, what are your system sound options like? If your Windows speaker configuration (located in the playback devices menu) is setup to support 7.1 or 5.1 surround, but you’re using a stereo output, you may miss sounds that would normally come out of the center channel.
these are my settings:
http://i.imgur.com/GiCpq6Ll.jpg
is there a cinematic I can trigger in the game without having to replay the story mission? I’m not sure if I found that playback devices menu, I found a Realtek HD Audio-Manager which is set on Stereo.
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Cutscene sound in GW 2 runs on the “Environment Volume” slider in your Audio Options inside the game.
So if you’re like me and hate listening to crackling fires, wind whooshes, and other things that detract from the music of the game, you may have turned the Environment Volume to 0 or very low. Thus, the cutscenes will appear soundless to you.
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Cutscene sound in GW 2 runs on the “Environment Volume” slider in your Audio Options inside the game.
Good to know, thanks. I actually play with all game audio off usually, but I turned it on for the new living story stuff and then remembered that I hadn’t heard any cutscene audio in months and months. That was probably it, though. Shame I missed all those cutscenes in the past!
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not sure if its working yet. waiting for a new cutscene. the old ones like when you join an order work. but as far as i am aware i have always had sound for those. Just the newest living story have been quite. Had sound in the Noir video introducing Marjory when it first came out and still do. unfortunetly there is no easy replay cinema like the journal. Wish there was the blown up ley line thumper in LA still to watch the final cinematic hidden up by the vista. that would really let me test it.
will let you know if upping the environment sound helped.
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I’ve got a similar problem and I have a theory that I haven’t tested yet.
I have very quiet sound during cutscenes, and my ‘Master Volume’ is set to about twice as high as in Teraphas settings screenshot (about 25%).
Maybe master volume is ‘doubling down’ on cutscene volume? The problem started around the time I lowered master volume to make TS3 audible.
All my other volume settings are at default. I’ve put my master volume back up, just need to get to a cutscene again to test it.
Just watched the Pale Tree vision cutscene again, it was much louder and more level with everything else with Master Volume set to 100%.
Seems like a bug with the master volume affecting cutscene volume + all other volumes (including cutscenes again), so it’s doubly quiet.
I dont have sound in any of the Living story cinematics. Not sure what is going on too.
Davey, check if you’re Master Volume is too low. Might be a different issue if there’s no sound at all, though.
I can confirm that the quiet cutscenes are a problem with master volume.
I had master volume at max, and During the Pale Tree vision cutscene I opened the sound settings, lowered master volume to 20%, then increased my speaker volume to compensate until it sounded about the same level as before. After the cutscene ended, all other sounds were much louder than normal.
Master volume is definitely affecting cutscenes more than any other sounds.
Davey, check if you’re Master Volume is too low. Might be a different issue if there’s no sound at all, though.
I can confirm that the quiet cutscenes are a problem with master volume.
I had master volume at max, and During the Pale Tree vision cutscene I opened the sound settings, lowered master volume to 20%, then increased my speaker volume to compensate until it sounded about the same level as before. After the cutscene ended, all other sounds were much louder than normal.
Master volume is definitely affecting cutscenes more than any other sounds.
Thanks snowgim, I will try that!